How do I add environment variables to launch.json in VSCode

Question

Working with the new VSCode editor on a node.js project. I am attempting to configure my \"Launch\" profile for debugging by editing the launch.json file. I need to setup a

Answer 1

I'm successfully passing them using the env property in launch.json:

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
    "type": "node",
    "request": "launch",
    "name": "SLS Webpack",
    "protocol": "legacy",
    "program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/sls",
    "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
    "args": ["webpack", "watch", "-f", "${fileBasenameNoExtension}", "-p", "${fileDirname}/event.json"],
    "env": {"AWS_REGION":"us-east-1", "SLS_DEBUG":"*"},
    "outFiles": ["${cwd}/dist/**/*.js"],
    "sourceMaps": true,
    "smartStep": true    
    }
  ]
}